Treasurer’s report: $1,734.91 in our Park and Rec.
Acct.($624 of that is from
Toppling Goliath’s Watershed Wheat Project).$611.06 in the club checkbook.$50 needs to be paid to Lee Hackman for last year’s parade
candy (done May 28, 2012)

Approval of minutes

Reports:

Fundraising and sponsorships for
2012.

Letters have been sent out to past sponsors.

28e Committee Request/TOW Trout Run
Trail Phelps Park Connection.

Have had positive feedback on the
trail link project. News article/press
release to follow.

Decorah Time Trials recap and
discussion for next year’s event.

Some discussion on the short
distance of the race… the good and the bad…Cross traffic was discussed… Shorter distance makes for an
easier transition to the end of race awards ceremony etc… Age categories should
possibly be re-worked… Should the course add The Pines? Or Little Big Horn? It
was proposed that we possibly move the Time Trials to Saturday afternoon and
promote a Sunday Fun Day ride.

Old Business:

1. Website/Blog Responsibilities
update. Nothing New.

2.
Trail building and maintenance for 2012.

Should we get a gas-powered generator to add to our tools?

We should pay another person (Possibly Kyle Lindquist)
$10.00 per hour to do some “trail improvement work,” and some various shoring
up of damaged trails.We’d need to
check with Park and Rec first about hiring this person.Moved by O’Gara; second by
Deke-Unanimous vote, Yes.

Boa needs shoring.Do we want to redo Old Randy’s this year?Or not?

3. Club Clothing/Hats/Jerseys.Nothing New.

4. NordicQuest, the date for this
event has not been set.Nothing
New. (August date possibly).

5. Dirt Burger update for the
Fri.-Sun., June 8-10, 2012 event.

McCaffrey’s will host live music,
“Beet Root Stew” from 7-10pm Sat. night.McCaffrey’s will pay for the band.We need volunteers to collect $ at the door that night. Jeff O’Gara will
take care of the camping area.

Need $50 for advertising with KDEC.
Mention in local arts and entertainment page.

6. Night Shift Night Race update
for the Saturday, September 29, 2012, event. Justin Ratzlaff volunteered to be
the race director for the Night Shift.

and environmental wellness held on
car free streets that are then Open Streets for activities of all kinds.

As part of the
event, we would like to showcase some of the amazing

adventures
available outside of Decorah's downtown district.We are

hoping to
advertise tours on our hiking and biking trails as well as

our waterways. I am wondering if
Decorah Human Powered Trails would like to organize a mountain bike tour on our
trails leaving the event at some point between 11 AM and 3 PM.It is up to you if you would like to
charge for the tour (everything else at the event is free) but we hope that
participants could meet at the Decorah Open Streets event and then ride to the
trail head.

Thank you for your consideration
and we look forward to working with you.If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me.

Jeff Freidhof and
Kirk Johnson volunteered to lead a couple of short Mtn Bike Rides leaving from
the Fareway parking lot at 12:00 Noon and 2:00 p.m.

2. Service Project/Canoe Landing.

Lots of discussion on this
item.It was proposed that
DHPT constructa canoe landing
downstream from Twin Bridges. It would be a permanent structure (with
acknowledgement that a large flood event could take it out.) made with railroad
ties, large rocks and concrete . We’d need a generator.Perhaps we rent one from Decorah Rental
or see if Wicks Construction would have one to borrow. There would be a sign
erected that says “Built by Decorah Human Powered Trails.”It could be at the current “landing”
where the stream empty’s into the river… or it could be moved to calmer water a
little downstream. It was determined that such a project would fall into our
mission. We should look into this further and discuss at the next meeting in
June.Motion to form a committee
to come up with a plan and present a the next meeting (Committee chair: Deke;
Doug Osborn, Jeff O’Gara, Jeff Freidhof).

3. Other Items?

Cuyuna Trip June 1-3, 2012.Depart 8:00 am, Ride Lebanon at 11:00
am on way up to Cuyuna. Deke will get a campsite. Return Sunday.

This will kick off the new summer DHPT schedule which looks something like this:
-First Tuesday of the month: Meeting
-Second Tuesday of the month: Group ride / TT's
-Fourth Wed. of the month: Group ride / TT's

And in the words of our good friend Peewee Herman: "I don't make monkeys, I only train'em!"

Saturday, May 19, 2012

That's right folks.... that special time of the year that you wait for ever so patiently is almost here.

The 4th Annual DIRT BURGER!!!

June 8-9-10, Decorah, IA

From the dirty, dirty mouth of Skip Bernet himself:http://surlybikes.com/blog/post/bicycling_events_you_should_attend

"The fourth annual Dirt Burger celebration of
mountain bikes, sleeping under a bridge, bonfires, and adult beverages.
This year's Burger will be held the weekend of June 8-10 in the aforementioned quaintness of Decorah. This is a loosely
organized event based on the premise that you don't always have to be
racing to get together for fun times on your two-wheeler.
Dirt Burger will also coincide with a fund raiser for the Decorah Human Powered Trails group at McCaffrey's Dolce Vita pizza restaurant. We'll feature the same band that played last year - Beet Root Stew.
I defy you to not dance like an idiot when these gents play their brand
of bluegrassy, jug bandy, laid backy radness. They'll play starting at
7pm on Saturday the 9th and folks riding bikes out to their pad will
get a discount on admission. All the dough will go toward continuing
the great work that DHPT does to keep the trails fancy.
We'll also be determining the World Bucketball Championships for 2012
at the Dirt Burger at the BrauSovCor Bucketball Invetational. Imagine
bike polo without mallets or skinny jeans, and a 5 gallon pickle bucket
in place of the ball and you're on the right track. Wear gloves and
shoes for this one, and don't bring a bike you don't want scuffed."

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That's pretty much it in a nutshell. You know Skip, not much for the details, which is what keeps this nice little event just that. It is worth noting that; um, it's free. Camping is free. There will be bikes - some people may actually ride them or be willing to show you around Decorah's rad ass 20 miles of single track (about 150 yds from camping). You should bring everything that you think you may need. Keg of Jolly Pumpkin Oro de Calabaza? Sure- why the hell not? It may also be worth noting that Toppling Goliath Brewery is a nice & short ride along the river away as well, as is downtown with it's lovely selection of dining, shopping, and drinking establishments.

If you are really looking for more information on this event and want to know the nitty gritty or have 1,043 questions about the details, we suggest thinking twice about showing up. No we don't, we suggest you email <sov@surlybikes.com>. Hell, send him an email even if you don't have any questions - word on the street is that he gets hella' board in his SMC (Surly Man Cave).

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

We will have a Time Trial at The Van Peenen fire pit, next Tuesday May 15th. We will be using the team enduro format for this time trial and we will begin picking teams at 6:15.
I will bring something to eat, you bring me something to drink.
Remember it will get dark, so bring a light.
See you all There.

and environmental wellness held on
car free streets that are then Open Streets for activities of all kinds.

As part of the
event, we would like to showcase some of the amazing

adventures
available outside of Decorah's downtown district.We are

hoping to
advertise tours on our hiking and biking trails as well as

our waterways. I am wondering if
Decorah Human Powered Trails would like to organize a mountain bike tour on our
trails leaving the event at some point between 11 AM and 3 PM.It is up to you if you would like to
charge for the tour (everything else at the event is free) but we hope that
participants could meet at the Decorah Open Streets event and then ride to the
trail head.

Thank you for your consideration
and we look forward to working with you.If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me.

Thursday, May 3, 2012

90 riders registered for the 22nd Annual Decorah Time
Trials. The course this year was approximately
6 miles long. Overall Male winner
was Brian Eppen of Iowa City with a time of 0:26:17.13 and Overall Female
winner was Robin Williams of Iowa City with a time of 0:35:57.74. Plaques were awarded two deep in each age
class (overall winners were ineligible) and cash was given the first 7 males
and the first 2 females to finish.

1st and 2nd in each class, respectively

Female Open: Abigail
Durkee, Des Moines, IA; Nicole O’Gara, Decorah

Male 14-18: Evan Hartig, Dubuque, IA; Neil Clement, Cresco

Male 19-23: CJ Adams, Ames, IA; Justin
Ratzlaff, Decorah

Male 24-25: Justin Krogmann, Austin, MN; Lars
Hovden, Ridgeway

Male 26-27: Trevor Rockwell, Decorah; Scott
Marx, De pere, WI

Male 28-29: Tyler Heibel, Fountain, MN; Jim
Tripp, Decorah

Male 30-31: Kevin McConnell, Iowa City; Kaleb
Himli, Wykoff, MN

Male 32-33: Brian Fuhrmann, Waukon, IA; Joshua
Blum, La Crosse, WI

Male 34-35: Ben Shockey, Decorah; Keith Snoop,
Marion, IA

Male 36-37: Matt Dorsett, Decorah; (no 2nd place)

Male 38-40: Devin Curran, Onalaska, WI; Josh
Shively, La Crosse, WI

Male 41-43: Rob Houlihan, Cedar Falls, IA; Eric
Clement, Cresco

Male 44-46: Marc Folkedahl, Decorah; Don
Maschka, Mason City, IA

Male 47+: Roger Lundsten,
La Crosse, WI; Gunnar Schwarz, Decorah

For the complete listing of all times / participants please visit the Decorah Parks and Recreation Page (scroll to the bottom...). We will work to post the full listings here ASAP!

DHPT 2016

Decorah Human Powered Trails builds and maintains over 26 miles of off road single track trails for mounatin bikers, trail runners and hikers in the Decorah Park system as a division of the Decorah Park and Rec Department.